Darlinghurst
August 2010. All photos here
Posts Tagged ‘travel’
Not what I thought
When I saw this by the roadside in Izu, I thought, “Gee, that’s a kinda fastidiously sculptural, and large, piece of topiary for a roadside in the Middle of Nowhere. Those Japanese really do like sculpting their plants.”
Just saw an ad for Taiwan Tourism showing women picking tea in the fields. It’s almost certainly a [...]
Fujisawa to Shimoda
During my holiday in Japan I picked up a rentacar from Fujisawa and drove to Shimoda, at the bottom of the Izu peninsula. There are resort areas to the west of Tokyo spread from around Mt Fuji and down into Izu. The lure : onsen, scenery, the “country”, nature.
I don’t know how popular Izu [...]
Japan (Photos)
Went to Japan for a two-week holiday last month. It has taken me a little while to get my act into gear on posting the photos, but an edited selection is now up on Picasa.
This time I went for a drive (first time I’ve ever driven in a foreign country) from Fujisawa to Shimoda to [...]
Barcelona Tourist Maladies
I’m going through my stuff and having a bit of a spring clean… and I found a notebook I was using when I went to Barcelona. I had a nasty time in Barcelona on account of
a) Barcelonians (so surly!)
b) my mother having severe diarrhoea the whole time we were there (not fun)
c) hideous jetlag.
In the [...]
